I am both fascinated and touched by this New York Times Story about Yitta Schwartz, who when she died last month at the age of 93, possibly had 2,000 living descendants. According to the article, Mrs. Schwartz, a member of the Satmar Hasidic sect, had 15 children, more than 200 grandchildren, and too many great… Read More

 I’ve been thinking about my blog for the past couple of weeks, and I think that I’ve come to a crossroads.  My intention in starting this blog was for the most part to write about estate planning news and updates for both the practitioner and for the consumer.  And I will still do that. But… Read More

As you, loyal reader, may know, in February of 2009 I left the law firm that I was working at to start my own solo practice. Although my solo practice is new, I graduated George Washington University Law School in 1998 and worked for a number of years at the IRS in Washington, DC and… Read More

 Ok, this has nothing at all to do with estate planning.  But after yesterday’s rant, I thought I’d post something a little different.  The Oasis of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship arrived in Fort Lauderdale Today.  Here are a few picture of it that I took from my balcony.  The first is with… Read More